is a Japanese television

jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—'' Portrait of H ...

or period drama that was broadcast in 1986. It is the 26th in the

Hissatsu series The is a long-running prime-time popular television Jidaigeki series about assassins in Japan. ''Hissatsu Shikakenin'' is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel ''Shiokinin Fujieda Baian'', but its sequels are only inspired by it. The series still c ...

. Inspired by

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Cast

Kunihiko Mitamura is a Japanese actor/singer. He is well known for his role in Taiyō ni Hoero! and Hide in the Hissatsu series. Selected filmography Film *''Almost Transparent Blue'' (1979) as Ryu *'' Hissatsu: Sure Death'' (1984) as Hide *''W's Tragedy'' (198 ...

as Hide *

Yoko Akino Yōko Akino (秋野暢子 ''Akino Yōko'', born Yōko Tashiro, 田代暢子 ''Tashiro Yōko'', born 18 January 1957 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor ...

as Keima no Ogin *

Shōfukutei Tsurube II , born , is a Japanese rakugo comedian and actor. Filmography Film *''Tokyo Heaven'' (1990) *'' Moving'' (1993) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) - Senkichi *'' Dear Doctor'' (2009) - Dr. Osamu Ino *'' About Her Brothe ...

as Ayamaro *

Teruhiko Saigō was a Japanese singer and actor. As a singer, he was known as one of the three "''Gosanke''" (referring to ''gosanke'', the three great Tokugawa houses), along with Yukio Hashi and Kazuo Funaki. The stage name was based on the Meiji Restoration ...

as Toukichi * Mikio Osawa as Sabu * Masako Sugawara as Wakamurasaki *

Gorō Mutsumi was a Japanese actor with more than 30 films to his credit. He has also appeared in numerous television shows, especially ''jidaigeki'', in which he specializes in villains, and in ''tokusatsu''. In addition, he is a stage and voice actor with p ...

as Kagurazaka Soemon *

Jūkei Fujioka was a Japanese actor. He is known as an actor who often played villains, but is famous for playing the role of detective Daisaku Tani in the popular detective drama ''Seibu Keisatsu''. Fujioka started his acting career at the Haiyuza Theatre Com ...

as Mukojima Jinjurō

References

1986 Japanese television series debuts 1980s drama television series Jidaigeki television series {{Japan-tv-prog-stub